 What's property ? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter; Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir...  Works - Page 460by Sir Walter Scott - 1923Full view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson - 1905 - 342 pages
...part of the passage and adds : 'What follows is admirably turned by Pope : Shades that to Bacon might retreat afford, Become the portion of a booby lord; And Helmsley, once proud Buckingham's delight, Slides to a scrivener, or city knight.' A much closer imitation is found in Webster, Devil's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 pages
...to Pope or Vernon? What's Property? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter ; Or, in a mortgage, prove a Lawyer's share ; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir; 170 Or, in pure equity (the case not clear) The Chanc'ry takes your rents for twenty year: At best,... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - Business & Economics - 1994 - 252 pages
...world of affairs:38 What's Property? dear Swift! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter, Or, in a mortgage, prove a Lawyer's share, Or, in a jointure, vanish from the Heir. (167-70) Pope's disbarment from property-ownership on the grounds of his religion also gives the fey... | |
 | Milton Lodge, Kathleen M. McGraw - Political Science - 1995 - 658 pages
...to Pope or Vernon? What's "Property? dear Swift! you see it alter From you to me, from me to ^Peter Walter, Or, in a mortgage, prove a Lawyer's share, Or, in a jointure, vanish from the Heir, Or in pure "Equity (the Case not clear) The Chanc'ry takes your rents for twenty year: At hest, it... | |
 | Helen Deutsch - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 300 pages
...belong to Pope or Vernon? What's Property? dear Swift! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter, Or, in a mortgage, prove a Lawyer's share, Or, in a jointure, vanish from the Heir, Or in pure Equity (the Case not clear) The Chanc'ry takes your rents for twenty year: At best, it falls... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 594 pages
...Pope's imitation : — " What's property, dear Swift 1 you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter ; Or in a mortgage prove a lawyer's share ;...booby lord ; And Helmsley, once proud Buckingham's delight, Slides to a scrivener and city kuight. Let lands and houses have what lords they will. Let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 312 pages
...to Pope or Vernon? What's Property? dear Swift ! you see it alter From you to me, from me to Peter Walter ; Or, in a mortgage, prove a Lawyer's share; Or, in a jointure, vanish from the heir; 170 Or, in pure equity (the case not clear) The Chanc'ry takes your rents for twenty year : At best,... | |
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